Sollefteå GIF

Sports club located in Sollefteå, Sweden

Football club

Sollefteå GIF

Full name| Sollefteå Gymnastik och Idrottföreningen
Founded| 1898
Ground| Nipvallen
Sollefteå
Sweden
Capacity| 1,000
Chairman| Anders Vestin
Coach| Roger Dannberg
League| Division 3
2015| Division 2 Norrland, 14th (Relegated)

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Sollefteå GIF is a Swedish football club located in Sollefteå.

## Background

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The club was founded in 1898 catering for a variety of sports. From 1905 the club gradually developed its football section. In the 1953/54 season the club played in Division 2 Norrland for the first time. This achievement was repeated in 1955/56 and 1961.[1] In 2010 the club is again playing in Division 2 Norrland but this now represents fourth tier football in the Swedish football league system.

The club is affiliated to the Ångermanlands Fotbollförbund.[2]

## Season to season

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| Season | Level | Division | Section | Position | Movements

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1993  | Tier 5  | Division 4 | Ångermanland  | 3rd |
1994  | Tier 5  | Division 4 | Ångermanland  | 2nd | Promotion Playoffs – Promoted
1995 | Tier 4  | Division 3 | Mellersta Norrland  | 8th |
1996 | Tier 4  | Division 3 | Mellersta Norrland  | 10th | Relegated
1997  | Tier 5  | Division 4 | Ångermanland  | 5th |
1998  | Tier 5  | Division 4 | Ångermanland  | 9th |
1999  | Tier 5  | Division 4 | Ångermanland  | 2nd |
2000  | Tier 5  | Division 4 | Ångermanland  | 3rd |
2001  | Tier 5  | Division 4 | Ångermanland  | 2nd | Promotion Playoffs
2002  | Tier 5  | Division 4 | Ångermanland  | 2nd | Promotion Playoffs
2003  | Tier 5  | Division 4 | Ångermanland  | 9th |
2004  | Tier 5  | Division 4 | Ångermanland  | 4th |
2005  | Tier 5  | Division 4 | Ångermanland  | 2nd | Promoted
2006*  | Tier 5  | Division 3 | Mellersta Norrland  | 9th | Relegated
2007  | Tier 6  | Division 4 | Ångermanland  | 2nd | Promoted
2008 | Tier 5  | Division 3 | Mellersta Norrland  | 2nd | Promoted
2009 | Tier 4  | Division 2 | Norrland  | 7th |
2010 | Tier 4  | Division 2 | Norrland  | 4th |
2011 | Tier 4  | Division 2 | Norrland  | 10th | Relegation Playoffs

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [3] [4] [5]

## Attendances

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In recent seasons Sollefteå GIF have had the following average attendances:

| Season | Average Attendance | Division / Section | Level

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2005  | Not available | Div 4 Ångermanland  | Tier 5
2006  | 221  | Div 3 Mellersta Norrland  | Tier 5
2007  | Not available | Div 4 Ångermanland  | Tier 6
2008  | 154  | Div 3 Mellersta Norrland  | Tier 5
2009  | 283  | Div 2 Norrland  | Tier 4
2010  | 298  | Div 2 Norrland  | Tier 4

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [6]

## External links

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* Sollefteå GIF – official site

## Footnotes

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1. ^ "Året var 1898 – Sollefteå GIF". Retrieved 2010-09-14.
2. ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Ångermanlands Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2011-01-12.
3. ^ "GAIS – Lagfacta – Sollefteå GIF". Retrieved 2010-09-14.
4. ^ "Norrland — Division 2 – Fotbollsserier 2010 – Fotboll – everysport.com". Retrieved 2010-09-16.
5. ^ "Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning". Retrieved 2010-09-16.
6. ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-11-14.

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Sweden